Mustache-trainer



(No Model.)

F. E. PADEN.

MUSTAGHE TRAINER.

No. 548,387. Patented Oct. 22, 1895.

WITNESSES. INVENTDR.

. Training Mustaches, of which the following is NITED STATES PATENTrrrcn.

FRANK E. PADEN, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

M USTACH E-TRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,387, dated October22', 1895.

A plication filed, December 4, 1894. s rial N 630,815. (No model) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK E. PADEN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for trainingmustaches; and it consists in two plates of suitable length and widthwhich are hinged together at their inner edges, and which when closedelastically clamp the end of the mustache between them, one of theplates being formed into a comb and the other faced with rubber, as willbe more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which can be appliedto the mustache for the purpose of holding it in any desired form, andwhich is adapted to be worn at night or while the toilet is being made,so as to give it any shape or set that may be preferred.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective of adevice which embodies my invention in an open form. Fig. 2 is a frontview showing the device applied to both sides of a mustache. Fig. 3 isan end view of thesame.

A 13 represent two plates of any suitable material, and which are of alength and width proportioned to the use to which they are to beapplied. The plate A is fiat and perfectly plain, and is faced on itsinner side with rubber or other suitable material C, so as to give itthe necessary friction to hold it in position upon the mustache. Theother plate B has its free edge made into a comb D for the purpose ofcombing the mustache into the desired shape. These two plates A B arehinged together, as shown, the plate A having but a single loop Gr,through which the pintle of the hinge passes, while the remainder of itsedge upon each side of the loop is perfectly straight and forms a stop Ito prevent the two plates frombeing opened beyond the position shown inFig. 1, and also serve as spring-bearing extensions for the plate A tohold it either in its open or its closed position, as hereinafterdescribed. The plate 13 is provided with two loops or eyes arranged uponopposite sides of the one upon the plate A, and its two corners areturned at right angles to the plate B, as shown at J, so as to force thehinged edges of the two plates apart at this point and cause their freeedges to tightly clasp the mustache between them.

The construction above described and shown in the drawings is thecheapest and simplest form of construction. The plates will be made ofany suitable light elastic material, so that they can be worn during thenight without the slightest inconvenience. The rubber face 0 not onlyprovides a cushioned elastic bearing having greater frictionalresistance than would a smooth hard surface, thus enabling it to holdthe mustache more securely, but it also extends over the stop I andpresses more tightly upon the back of the plate B to hold the platesopen, as shown in Fig. 1, but also presses upon the upturned edges J ofthe said plate 13 to hold the plates more tightly together when closed,as shown in Fig. 3.

By the use of this device the mustache can be trained into any desiredform without the use of cosmetics, wax, or similar materials, which arealways more or less undesirable and sometimes poisonous.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. As an article ofmanufacture, a device for holding the mustache comprising two plates Aand B, hinged together, the plate A having straight edge extension stopsI, and the plate 13 having end edges J projecting at right angles to thesaid plate B and outside of the line of axis of the hinges connectingsaid plates to bear upon the straight edge extension stops I,substantially as described.

2. A device for training the mustache, comprising two plates A and Bhinged together and provided with edge extensions, and a rubber facing Osecured to the inner face of the plate A, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK E. PADEN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE OLTSCH, Bonner HOFFMAN.

